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[ stok-ee ] / ˈstɒk i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR stocky ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, stock·i·er, stock·i·est.of solid and sturdy form or build; thick-set and, usually, short. having a strong, stout stem, as a plant. Origin of stockyFirst recorded in 1350–1400, stocky is from the Middle English word stokky.See stock, -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM stockystock·i·ly, adverbstock·i·ness, nounWords nearby stockystock unit, stock vaccine, stock watering, stock whip, Stockwood, stocky, stockyard, stodge, stodgy, stoep, stogy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stockyWearing a plaid shirt, the stocky singer looked like a bricklayer playing an open mic at a bar. I'm Not Country or Pop. I'm Just Pure Garth Brooks.|David Masciotra|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST Phyllis is a short, stocky, enraged-seeming woman with a high, strident voice and piercing stare. The Stacks: The Judas Priest Teen Suicide Trial|Ivan Solotaroff|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST FIJI, a source who attended Lafayette with Stocky told The Daily Beast, is mostly made up of lacrosse and baseball players. From Frat Boys to Criminals: Two College Elites' Scarface Dreams|Olivia Nuzzi|April 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST The stocky, intense son of immigrant parents, Chayefksy was born and raised in the Bronx. Paddy Chayefsky: The Dark Prophet of ‘Network’ News|Tim Teeman|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When one looks at a still of Hembling, he appears somewhat common, with his short, stocky frame and calm, bespectacled expression. The Masculine Mystique|R. Tod Kelly|October 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST At a table, back toward him, sat a stocky figure, playing cards and reaching for the rum container at his side. Port O' Gold|Louis John Stellman These people usually have square, stocky bodies, strong and wiry, and are tenacious of life. How to Read Human Nature|William Walker Atkinson Vibbard was stocky and muscular, and his feet went down at each step as if they never meant to come up again. Stories by American Authors, Volume 3|Various The stocky, sour-faced engineer had a reputation for being able to build anything, given half an idea of how it worked. Diplomatic Immunity|Robert Sheckley It was the final straw in the stocky promoter's crushing wrath burden. The City of Numbered Days|Francis Lynde
British Dictionary definitions for stocky
adjective stockier or stockiest(usually of a person) thickset; sturdy Derived forms of stockystockily, adverbstockiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to stockychunky, corpulent, stout, sturdy, fat, plump, solid, squat, stubby, thick, heavyset, thickset |